wanted to come back to this and add a few things after finishing the whole thing (which I assume some detractors didn't do)

1. i never said jared is my new bff or that I actually believed everything he said in this podcast.
2. he is very inexperienced but seems like dug into the work and at least *tried* to learn as much as possible, even if he was wrong on some things.
3. its a nearly 4 hour long episode and lex talks very little. a podcast is a medium essentially built to sell yourself, its a marketing channel. despite that, jared presents a stark difference from the eccentricities, insanity and dramatics/theatrics of trump. though to be VERY clear, listening to this prior to today would NOT have changed my vote.